When a person decides to come tell you a secret, it is either because they saw you trustworthy enough to want to unburden their secrecy to you, since it has feels heavy carrying it all alone and they need to speak to help them relieve themselves or they trust you enough to want to hear your judgment and listen to your advice to that particular subject matter.
This question here is a very complicated question that needs to be handled delicately and should be answered with knowledge as it involves two people, one person who trusts you so much to want to spill a secret to me and the other person whom I love.
So, yeah, if A loved one confides in you, but the secret could damage someone else you care about. What do you do?
There's no doubt that if I hear such news, my heart rate will increase faster than normal because it is the secret has to do with damaging the life of someone that I care about.
So, yeah, my first thought would be to inform the person whose life is involved in the secrecy but then, on second thought after thinking of the consequences of going behind the person's back to inform the victim about the harm that would be coming to them, I would think about an alternative to break the news to the victim.
I would wait for the person to be done telling me the secret, he or she came to tell me and when she is done talking, I would ask her if it is okay for me to tell the victim involved about the harm coming to him or her because I would not be able to keep quiet and watch this person die when I could have been of help. I don't think I would ever forgive myself even if I am not the cause of the damage that is about to happen in his or her life.
For me to be able to sleep and have peace of mind, I would let her understand that the life of the person is at stake, and even though it is a secret, I wouldn't be able to take that secret to the grave because it would be too heavy a secret to keep. I would make her understand that there is a need for me to come into the matter and help the situation so that nobody dies.
After much advice and I was convinced that she understood what I was saying, I will come up with the idea of informing the victim without letting him or her know the person who told me about the harm that is about to come to her. This would help us find a solution to the problem while the owner of the secret remains unknown as it will help me keep her away from the hate of the victim whose life is involved.
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